Chinese foil makers prepare to defend Mexico anti-dumping

Metal News - Published on Fri, 21 Sep 2018

Reuters reported that a group of Chinese aluminium foil producers facing an anti dumping probe in Mexico are organizing a legal defence ahead of possible duties. Mr Wen Xianjun, a vice president of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association who coordinated a legal defence for foil makers before the United States International Trade Commission said another no injury defence was being prepared for the Mexico case. He added that “We will do it very quickly. The amount of aluminium foil exported by Chinese companies to Mexico was not big, putting the annual value at perhaps under USD 100 million per year.”

Mexico’s Secretariat of Economy said last month that it was starting an anti-dumping investigation into aluminium foil originating in China and would calculate damages over a three-year period from 2015-17.